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sand heart of the British Legislature were not deaf to rea son—blind to policy--and dead to every feeling of huma nity, they would succeed in shivering to atoms the last frag ment. of the system of slavery in their dominions.—( Cheers.) They bad been told that the 26th of June was rolling en, when one pair of hands, but when millions of hearts, will place the diadem on the brow of their young and lovely Onsecn.—(Cheers.) But, it had been asked, would she e,uffer herself to be crowned the Queen of Slaves? God, in his mercy grant, that among the many laurels that *lout(' that day entwine the wreath of glory around her brow, the fairest and brightest might be, that she had not by law a single slave in her dominions ; and then, whatever might be the shouts that might arise from British hearts that day, those shouts should raise an echo still more heaven-ren'diag and heart-rending, from nearly a million of slaves ; arid from both sides of the Atlantic, the voice should go up of " Victoria for ever!"—(Cheers.) The Rev. Gentleman concluded by reading the following resolution : "2. That the Colonial system of apprenticeship having been designed for the benefit of the negro, this meeting denies 'the existence of any contract or engagement, express or im plied, which would render immediate abolition a breach of national faith, and declares that the national faith is as so lemnly pledged to give the negro his freedom as to the planters the twenty millions which have been paid to secure it." R. T. CADBURY, Esq., briefly seconded the resolution, w / nich was put to the meeting, and carried unanimously. WM. THOMAS BLAIR, Esq., late Mayor of Bath, was next introduced to the meeting, and was received with loud cheers. He however appeared to be labouring under con siderable indisposition. He said, although he came from a considerable distance for the express purpose of being pre lent at that meeting, it was not his intention of trespassing on their attention at any length. Indeed his state of health prevented him from occupying more than a very few minutes of their time, and this he trusted would be accepted as an areology for any omissions or imperfections which might be -discovered in the observations he -could have the honour of troubling them with. They had come there, in part at least, for the purpose of letting their opponents know, and for the purpose of letting her Majesty's Ministers know, that the country was moved, and moving to its very centre, on this great question. He wished it to be known to her Majesty's Ministers, that amongst those who were taking a leading and prominent part in this cause throughout the country, were numbered men who had proved themselves the best supporters of that Government, and who might be supposed to be doubly pained at the course they were com pelled to take.—(Hear.) The work was not the work of a few individuals connected with Anti-Slavery Societies, but the feeling was participated and shared in by numbers in this country, many of whom were as respectable and hide pendent as any member of her Majesty's Government, and who, on account of their rel . gious and moral principles, whatever their attachment might be to the men, felt bound not to relax their exertions till they were crowned with success, though those exertions might be productive of ever so much inconvenience to her Majesty's Government. He confessed he was not a little encouraged in his hopes of the speedy success of the object they had in view, wheu lie looked upon the very respectable and crowded assemblage before him ; for he could not but re remember that it was the men of Birmingham who formed the right advance of that great national movement, which a few yeas since won the Reform Bill for their country—thet second Charter of the nation's liberties. He could not think that the same men who were instrumental in doing this, would be less forward or less zealous when the cause - related to the personal freedom, and the dearest rights and happiness, of thousands of their fellow -creatures.—(Loud applause.) Political liberty was a great blessing, but per sonal freedom was incomparably more dear to those poor outcasts of the human family whose cause they were now assembled to advocate.—(Cheers.) Much had been said of the political disabilities under which the Poles, and the Greeks, and the Spaniards suffered ; but these, much as the ) were to be deplored, sunk into insignificance, in his opinion, when compared to the physical sufferings of the Negroes of the British Colonies.—(Hear, hear, hear.) Before lie proceeded he hoped they would permit him to I advert to the fundamental principles of the q ues ti on , which he hoped would never b e lost sight of by its advo cates—A.llU he meant was, that shivery, under every form and des.e4ption, apart from its peculiarity, unless expressly ordered by the Almighty, was indefensible and wholly re pugnant to justice, humanity, and religion.—(Cheers.) That it was, in all its forms, a crime of the highest magni tude, and should he as such denounced and extirpated: The real question was not whether these unfortunate men should be tortured, and oppressed, and flogged—but whether one human being had any right of property in another, and whether one man hail a right to the unrecoir pensed services of another ?—(Cheers.) He (Mr. Blair) denied that he could have any such right ; or that a man's liberty, which was above all law, could be filched from him by any human authority.—(Cheers.) From these prin ciples he came to the conclusion, that even if the infernal Act had been fulfilled to the very letter—had its provisions been as fully carried out as they had been shame fully violated—the parties who protested against it would have had an undoubted right to do so, and to have demanded its repeal. If these arguments were as he believed them to be founded upon reason and revelation, the question of a compact about which they had heard so much would be very soon disposed of.—(Flear.) He for one would be content on that point to rest upon the opinion of the Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, who had denied that any contract existed. After a few further observations, Mr. Blair concluded by expressing his hearty concurrence in the resolution. The Rev. Taos. MoRGAN, in moving the next resolu• tion, observed that, to a generous mind it was much more gratifying to commend than to censure.—(Hear.) But if it be a fact that a law, passed professedly for the relief of the oppressed, has been flagrantly and systematically vio lated, and that such violation has been acquiesced in by the hi;: hest authorities in the State, it would be a derelic tioa of duty to hesitate, on proper ocasioes, to express the deepest regret, and most entire disapprobation of such a lion of cumiuct.—(Clicers.) Sir, that the law has been flagrantly violated I think every one must allow, for the Government itself has at length allowed it, and brought furward a measure, after four years of oppression an wron.z, prof,sselly to carry out illiu provisions of the Act of Emancipation. But does the blame attach exclusively to to e planters ? The resolution put into my hands n fen. to a higher quarter than even the Celonial Assemblies, and ineunpates the Mnisters of the Crown for acquiescing in thos r , olations of the law which we complain of as the most palpable injustice. No one would be more happy thin in self to find that the Noble Lord at the head of the Colonial Department, and his colleagues, have pursued a righteous course in carrying out this measure ; but till I have further light on the subject, I am compelled to think tAat the violations of the law have been acquiesced in by t ices greatly to the injury of the negro.—(Cheering.) Allow me to advert, Sir, very briefly to two or three particulars, in justification of this opinion. Tho abolition law provided that the negro, after working four days and a half for Ins master, should have one day and a ha f for himself to cultivate his provision grounds, dispos of their produce, and otherwise further his own interests. Surely four and a half days of unrequited labour were sufficient to hand over from the poor peasant to his more fortunate lord. But that was thought to be too much ; and by the adoption of the eight hour system, the slave was deprived of his Friday afternoons. This flagrant in fraction of the law was represented at the Colonial Office. And what was the answer of Lord Glenelg ? He ad mitted the fact, and said, " I think we had better silentlu acquiesce, rather than irritate the planters by entering into a contest for the redress of that evil." Here is a clear case of deliberate robbery committed on the negro, to the amount of one-third of his time, in which the Government acquiesces rather than enter into any unpleasant collision with the planters.—(Shaue, shame.) The Emancipation Act provided that the disgusting and degrading practice of flogging females should be abolished, and we all thought that the practice was abolished. But even until now, the aged matron, the married wife, the in nocent child, are exposed to the cruel lacerations of the whip. There is only this difference, that before the pass ing of the Act they were whipped on the properties; now they are sent to gaol, put on the tread-mill, and their blood is shed within the walls of the dungeon, where there is no eye to see, and no heart to pity them. And in this ar rangement, of course, her Majesty's Ministers think it best silently to acquiesce.--(Cries of " Shame.") The Aboli tion Act provided that such negroes as were not legally re. gistered as slaves, should be declared free an the first of August, 1834. You are aware that laws were passed from time to time, requiring the registration of slaves, in order to secure the practical working of the great legislative mea sure, by which the Slave Trade was abolished. Now, in the 'lndian Ocean there is an island called Mauritius, into which, from time to time, slaves were illegally imported ; and as all concerned in this illegal traffic were felons, they neglected to register their slaves, lest they should be' found out and punished. There were at the time up wards of 30,000 of these poor wretches on the island, and all of them entitled, by the law of England, to their entire freedom as much as you are. Of course you say, as they were stolen property, not merely contrary to justice, but contrary to express law, they obtained their freedom ? No such thing ; the planters put in their claim for a proportion of the twenty millions compensation money, with respect to these very men who had a legal title to freedom. And what did the Government do ? The question was ulti mately referred to the Lords of the Countil, who decided that the robbers should have the money, and the free blacks should be sent back into slavery. What think you of that, my fellow -townsmen ? Thirty thousand men, who were le gally free, sent back into slavery, and a million of money given to their masters for permitting them to be called ap prentices. But, no doubt, their Lordship's thought it best to acquiesce in the demands of the planters. The Aboli- tion Act provided that special Magistrates should be ap pointed, whose duty it should be to execute justice between the planters and the apprentices. These Magistrates were accordingly sent to the colonies. But, unfortunately, some of these gentlemen, for obvious reasons, were more inclined to side with the oppressor than do justice to the oppressed. There were some noble exceptions, Gentlemen who were only anxious to administer the law, like the Supreme Law-giver himself, without respect of persons. But were they sustained in this righteous course ?—(Hear, hear.) Let the single case of Dr. Palmer answer— Dr. Palmer soon became obnoxious to the planters, who created considerable disturbance in the district. A Com mission of inquiry was appointed by the Governor, who in their report stated" That Special Justice Palmer haeadmi nistered the Law in the spirit of the English Abolition Act, • and that the present excitement is to be traced to such a mode of administerine the Law." Well, there is no fault attributable to the Magistrate. Did the Governor sustain Dr. Palmer? On Sunday that report was sent in, and on Monday he was suspended from his office.—(Hear, hear.) He came home to represent his case at the Colonial office. His suspension was confirmed in Downing -street, before he could get there. The planters wished to get rid of a man who administered the Law in the spirit of the English Abo lition Act, and the Government of this country thought it most prudent, silently to acquiesce in the wrong inflicted on a meritorious magistrate, rather than prolong any feeling of irritation that might be lodged in the planters' bosom. —(Loud cheering.) It must necessarily follow, that the Law must remain a dead letter, when the magistrates are abandoned and exposed to the malevolent persecutions of irritated oppressors. I maintain, Gentlemen, that her Majesty's Ministers ought not to have suffered things to come to this pass. They held in their hands twenty millions of the nation's money, a single farthing of which they were not required to part with till the Colonial Assemblies had passed satisfactory laws to secure the negro his freedom. My Lord Stanley dec,ared, that after the Ist of August, 1834, the negro was to be a free man—to be invested with the privileges of a free man—to lose every taint of his servile condition ; and the Government had a right to require that these privileges should have been legally secured to them before the money was paid. But what did they do ? The Act sent home from Jamaica was unsatisfactory—several exceptions on important points were made to it by the Colonial Secretary. But, placing a ge nerous confidence in the Jamaica Assembly, the money was sent forthwith, but the objectionable clauses were not rec tified.—(Hear.) Thus our trustees, generously confiding, where no rational man would see any ground of confidence, have paid away our money, and neither we nor the negroes have got anything in return for it !—(Applause.) Now, I ask this meeting, whether they can resist the painful con viction, that the violation of law by the planters has met with the acquiescence of her Majesty's Ministers ? If any farther proof were necessary, it is supplied by the line of conduct they have seen proper to pursue on a late occasion. A Bill was introduced into the House of Lords by the Colo nial Secretary. to oblige the colonists to carry out the pros i sions of the Emancipation Act. How preposterous! Afterfour years of systematic resistance to the law, to proceed in the course of legislation for the remaining two years. This Bill passed the Lords, with an understanding that it should not interfere with a Bill introduced by Lord Brougham for immediate abolition. And yet this very Bill was put for ward by the Ministry as a substitute for the measure pro posed by Sir George Strickland. This law has now gone forth to the colonies, and who is to execute it? It will be in a great measure nugatory. Except you give to the negro his liberty—the liberty of choosing his master, and working for wages—any law yon may make leaves him, essentially and practically, a slave. One word in conclu sion. I have been led to understand that the Ministry has e staked their official existence on the continuance of the apprenticeship system. It is said that, if the question is carried against them, their seals of office will be tendered to her most Gracious Majesty. Is it pos-ible that any Mi nistry—not to say a professed Liberal Ministry—should he so enamoured of this atrocious slavery under its new name, as to resign all their official honours, and emoluments, and patronage, and a nation's good-will and blessing, and the distinguished share that they will have to take in the pa geantry of the Coronation in June—(Loud and long continued laughter)—resign all, rather than that they will consent to knock off the chains from the limbs of their enslaved fellow-subjects. For my own part, I can scarcely come to the belief that they will make so great a sacrifice ; but if unhappily they should take such a course, I shall be prepared to submit to even such a calamity, provided that their successors form the righteous determination that our young and lovely Princess shall be crowned the Queen of Freemen and not the Queen of Slaves. The Rev. Gen tleman concluded, amidst loud and general cheering, by moving the next resolution. 3. " That having ample proof from official documents and other undoubted testimony, that the provisions of the App? en ticeship Act have been flagrantly and systematically violated by the planters and the Colonial Assemblies, this meeting cannot resist the painful conviction that such violation has ob tained the acquiescence of her Majesty's Ministers, who were entrusted by the nation with the responsible duty of securing to the negro the benefits to be purchased by that costly Act, a conviction which is most strongly confirmed by the course they have lately pursued in resisting, with all the weight of their official influence, the universal demand for complete emanci petion, and in forcing on Parliament in its stead a measure which, like every other Act far the regulation of slavery, is destitute of an executory principle." The resolution was seconded by JOHN TURNER, Esq., and carried unanimously. The Rev. Mr. APDONNELL moved the next resolution. We regret that the late hour at which the meeting termi nated prevents our doing justice to the very eloquent and ' impressive address of the Rev. Gentleman. " 4. That while this meeting tenders its sincere thanks to the 217 Members of the House of Commons, who on the re cent occasion recorded their votes for the abolition of the ap prenticeship, and declares its opinion that the result of the late division is a powerful encouragement to renewed exertion on the part of the friends of the Negro ; it cannot withhold the expression of surprise and regret, that so large a majority of the representatives of Ireland and Scotland (in general so conspiceous for their uncompromising advocacy of freedom). either were absent from the division, or voted against the libe ration of their injured fellow-subjects. This meetin2 - , how ' ever, expresses IN earnest hope, that, on further consideration, no viewl of political expediency will deter them from support , ing, on the coming occasion, so lust and righteous a measure." The resolution was seconded by the Rev. Mr. GILBERT, of Nottingham, and carried unanimously. Mr. G. Enetotens proposed the next resolution. He regretted that some of the gentlemen around him had not undertaken the duty which had devolved upon him as they would be much more competent to do justice to it. He was satisfied that it would meet with the concurrence of the meeting without any advocacy of his. He had been delighted at the noble sentiments which had been delivered by the several speakers who had preceded him, many o f them being of the most opposite political sentiments on other subjects. He was rejoiced to find that all parties, Conservatives and Whigs, had united in condemning the base conduct of the present Ministry. —( Hear, hear.) It was derogatory to their characters as men and as Chris tians, and they had earned by it the contempt of all honest and independent men. Mr. Edmonds here read the reso lution, and observed that the vast sum which had .been awarded to the planters had been granted under the idea that the change would have entailed a loss upon the planters which had not been the case. Instead of giving them such a sum of money, they should have compelled the planters to dis gorge a portion of the plunder.—(Hear.) He would now read them a passage from the Eclectic Review, for the pur pose of showing the brutal treatment to which the female negroes were subjected for refusing to comply with the licentious wishes of the overseers and drivers. Compen sate such men with twenty millions!—he (Mr. Edmonds) would compensate them with the gallows.—(Cheers and great laughter.) One of the estates where such infamous practices were resorted to was, he was informed, the pro perty of the Speaker of the House of Assembly. He hoped, if such things were countenanced by the present Ministry, that this meeting would send forth its remon strances in a voice of thunder —that it would denounce this atrocious system to the whole civilized world—and that Ministers would be driven from the posts they held with disgrace, unless they consented to do justice to these un happy creatures.—(Cheers.) He felt much pleasure in proposing the resolution for their adoption. " 5. That although the incalculable and accumulated wrongs which for ages have been heaped upon the Negro, cannot be redressed, this meeting records its deliberate con viction that Parliament and the Government lie under a solemn moral obligation to insist upon the Planters making the Negro full compensation for those losses either in time, wages, or allowanCes, of which he has been unjustly and illegally deprived." Dr. MANNELL, of Edinburgh, rose to second the reso lution. He said he felt quite incapable of addressing them in consequence of indisposition, brought on by his recent journey to London, where ha had been deputed as delegate from the Anti-Slavery Society of Edinburgh. It was cer tainly impossible to be present on an occasion like this, without feeling a peculiar interest, for although from the frequencies of such meetings, they might be said to have lost much of their novelty, still it was evident they pos sessed attractions of a more substantial character, cal ' culated to receive the attention, and interest the best feelings of the human heart. He w a s s o rr y t o say that the Ministry were amongst the most determined op ponents whom the advocates of abolition had to contend against—(Hear, hear)—and he was no less sorry to add that they were supported in this policy by the Members from Scotland. Before that meeting he declared that he was ashamed of the representatives from his country, not more than ten of %%horn supported the cause of the op pressed slave ; but he could assure them that the feeling and temper amongst the people of Scotland was excellent, and he had no doubt they would soon speak out firmly and energetically, and make their voice be heard.—(Loud cheers.) R. R. DOUGLAS, Egq.,lEditor of the Birmingham Journal, next addressed the meeting, and in a very eloquent and argumentative speech, set forth the gross injustice prac tised towards the slaves, and deprecated, in appropriate terms, the system of cruelty practised upon the slaves un der the apprenticeship system. He concluded by moving the resolution. " 6. That this meeting cannot restrain the expression of their deepest indignation at the commencement of a new slave-trade from Hindoostan, made by certain well known up holders of the present colonial system, sanctioned by Govern ment, and shielded by the form of apprinticeship ; and while this meeting confesses its astonishment at the effrontery of the attempt, it determines to employ all legitimate means to crush in its birth a system fraught with so much disaster. And this meeting records its high sense of obligation to Lord Brougham, for his exertions in exhibiting this nefarious system in all its deformity, and, generally, for his noble efforts in the cause of universal freedom." JOHN CROPPER, Esq., seconded the resolution. Captain Moiusox proposed the next resolution ; which was seconded by Samuel Lloyd, Esq. The Rev. THOMAS SWAN next addressed the meeting. He said—Flow sad is the state of things we are met to deplore ! More than two years ago we assembled in this temple of liberty to agitate the question. Then we had found out the cheat. Much was said about moderation. We have had plenty of Whig moderation—injustice— since then. From the honest Special Magistrates, who have sacrificed their own interests through their fidelity— from disinterested men, who have braved the perils of the deep that they might see with their own eyes—and from the testimony of those honest Special Magistrates they had ample testimony of the state of suffering of the poor negro. Mr. THOMAS CLARK, jun. moved the next resolution. James James, Esq. having taken the Chair, John Green Esq. moved, and John Newstadt, Esq. seconded, a vote of thanks to the Chairman, which was carried with acclama tion, after which the meeting broke up at half-past ten. The following is the Petition agreed to at the Meeting:— " L the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled. " The Humble Petition of the Inhabitants of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, in Towns Meeting as sembled, this 19th day of April, 1838; the High Bailiff ix the Chair. " Sheweth—That your petitioners consider the nation bound to persevere in its efforts for the instant extinction of the present cruel system of apprenticeship in the West Indies, the more so as they cannot contemplate without the most se rious:apprehension the approaching period, when a numerous class, who hare looked for the enjoy ment of freedom, will find themselves deprived of it in consequence of fraudulent regis tration, and when the vast majority of the negroes are regis tered as prwdials, contrasting their situation with that of their most fortunate brethren, may be unable any longer patiently to endure their wrongs. " That the colonial system of apprenticeship having been designed for the benefit of the negro, your petitioners deny the existence of any contract or engagement, express or im. plied, which would render immediate abolition a breach of na tional faith, and declare that the national faith is as solemnly pledged to give to the negro his freedom, as to the planters the twenty millions which have been paid to secure it. " That, having ample proof, from official documents and other undoubted testimony, that the provisions of the Appren ticeship Act have been flagrantly and systematically violated by the planters and the Colonial Assemblies, your petitioners cannot resist the painful conviction that such violation has ob tained the acquiescence of her Majesty' s Mi n i sters, who were entrusted by the nation with the responsible duty of securing to the negro the benefits to be purchased by that costly Act, a conviction which is most strongly confirmed by the course they have lately pursued in resisting with all the weight of their official influence the universal demand for complete emancipation, and in forcing on Parliament in its stead a mea sure which, like every other Act for the regulation of Slavery, is destitute of an executory principle. " That although the incalculable and accumulated wrongs, which for ages have been heaped upon the negroes, cannot be redressed, your petitioners record their deliberate conviction that Parliament and the Government lie under a solemn morel obligation to insist upon the planters making the negro full compensation for those losses, either in time, wages, or allow ances, of which he has been unjustly and illegally deprived. " That your petitioners cannot restrain the expression of their deepest indignation at thecommencement of a new Slave Trade from Hindoostan, made by certain well-known up holders of the present colonial system, sanctioned by the Go vernment, and shielded by the form of apprenticeship. " And your petitioners humbly pray your Honourable House to take the premises into your grave consideration, and espe cially that you will forthwith adopt measures for the imme diate extinction of the apprenticeship system in the British Colonies; and that you will cause such fall compensation to be made by the planters to the injured negroes, as the justice and wisdom of Parliament may direct. " And your petitioners will ever pray, &c. &c." LAW INTELIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, APRIL 19. mociNs V. PEPPIN AND OTHERS. In this case a 'notion was heard yesterday for an injunction to restrain Mr. Morgan Vane, a Solicitor of the Court, from proceeding with an action to recover from a poor woman named Lydia Spriggs, a sum of 881. being the cost of a mo tion made on her behalf in the cause and dismissed. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment this morning, and 'oust refuse the motion. There was no application for costs. IN THE MATTER OF RICHARDS, AN ALLEGED LUNATIC. In this case, which was only partly heard yesterday, when our Repor'er quitted the Court, The LORD CHANCELLOR, after referring to the affidavits, said it appeared to bins that under the circumstances it would be expedient to consult M r . S a l mon , th e present medical at tendant of Mr. Richards, on the best means of allowing Dr. Southey to have an interview with Mr. Richards in such . a manner as to give no unnecess a ry al arm t o his feelings, as it was alleged that any appe arance o f a coerc ion might have dangerous consequences. That interview might be arranged before Tuesday next, and the matter mentioned again on that day. A di s t r i n9as h as b een i ssue d b y t h e C ourt o f Exche quer to restrain any transfer of Mr. Richard's property,. which amounted to nearly 100,0001. Th at wr i t hi s L or d s hip thought the parties were bound to continue in force till the result of Dr. Southey's visit was made known. COURT OF QUEENS BENCH, Arzat, JD. JAMES V. PHELPS. Mr. SERGEANT TALFOURD moved for a rule to show Clll3ll why the verdict given for the &fondant in this case should not be set aside, lnd a new trial granted. This was an fic tion for a malic•iolg pro3ecution. Thl cause wa s tried before Mr. Baron Gurney, at Monmouth.—Rule granted. BAKER V. DEN IE. Mr. ROGERS moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict for the plaintiff i n thi s case s h ould not be set aside, and a non suit entered. This was an action of trespass, to which the defendant had pleaded that the place on which the alleged trespass was committed was not the soil and freehold of the plaintiff. The defendant claimed under a will executed by a person since deceased, which will was dated on the 911 of January, 1833. Th e p l a i nt iff c l a i me d under a co di c il which revoked that will, and was dated on the 4th December, 1835. The cause was tried before Lord Denman at the last assize; for the County of Devon, when the jury returned a verdict for the plainti ff.—Rule refused. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, AntiL 19. GRIMM, V. GI{RENOFF. This was an action tried before Mr. Justice Coleridge, at the last Liverpool Assizes, in which a verdict was found for the plaintiff on one issue, and for the defendant on two others. It was an action for trespass, for breaking and entering a close called Fleet-lane, in the township of Parr, and for working the coal under it and under the highway. Mr. Cresawell now moved on behalf of the plaintiff to set aside the verdict, and for a new trial, on the ground that evidence had been rejected which ought to have been received, and also that the verdict was against the evidence in the cause. The Court granted the rule nisi on both grounds. THOMPSON, ASSIGNEE OF SARAH HEDGES, V. CHAMBERLAIN. Mr. ERIE TitO fl y jdf e mou d nusi ston f di o tdci ra i erbfeeocßrtsoi rule eotsthna ne.a t cis o pui dlietaje: tshowiwataait and d. Salisbury, e The newhabceu action Cyo h t ,no y r trial no l h t f e g gw r t v rh a ra e oi n n r cv t d th e ee i granted, verdict r n e n i ro t d t d h h i c e b s t egroundchad a o a s r d e e b s e o er o u n. the rule. T a iiE sui ß t lC f l o i r Mo eN o D in This was originally sion, ADMIRALTY CO CRT, A PRIL 19. promoted by th e owners of the brig the Boreas aga i nst the owners of the Richmond. The collision took pl ace on the 29d of May, 1837, off Beachey Head, on the coast of Sussex. The causo was argued on the 30 . th of Janua r y, an d the Court, which was assisted on the occasion by two of the Elder Brethren of the Trinity House, came to the decision that the blame of the accident was attributable to the master an d crew of the Rich mond. The question on which the case was again brought to the notice of the Court was as to the ext en t o f the responsi bility of the o wners of the Rich. mond—vvhether th ey were liable to the full amount of the bail which was gi ven in, the vessel itself not having been arrested, 2,5001., or whether they were only liable to the amount . of 9001., the computed value of the ship and freight. Her MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE appeared on behalf of the owners of the Richmond, and accordingcontended th a t, according to the Act of Parliament—by which, of cours e , t h e practic e of the Court was guided—they (his clients) were only li a bl e to the amount of the value of the ship and freight. Dr. ADDAMS, on behalf of the owners of the B oreas, con tended, 'that according to the Act ofParhament, the p ract i ce of this Court, and common sense, his party Were entitled to the whole amount of the bail. The Learned JUDGE, after having briefly stated th e f acts connected with the original suit, said, tnat if th e value of the ship amounted to 2,500/. the parties were entitled to that sum; if only to 9001., then they were . only entitled t o t h at. Under these circumstances, the Court directed this matter, as to the value of the ship, to be referred to the registry, Dr. Hooker, the Rector of Rottingdean, died at the parsonage house on Wednesday last rather suddenly. He was in his 76th year ; had been present at an opening dinner at the village inn in the afternoon; and returning home, after a very moderate repast, was seized with illness, which termi. uated his mortal career in a very few hours. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1838 3PM:I T OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. In continuation of the interesting narrative, laid before our readers yesterday, of the gallant enterprise by which the question of the north-west passage around the continent of America has been determined, we are now enabled to publish the instructions under which the discovering party proceeded, and under which they are to continue their arduons expedition, for the completion of the survey of the North American coast to the eastward, from the Copper mine River to some part of Hudson's Bay. That completion will be highly interesting, as connecting the discoveries and observations of Captains Parry, Franklin, and Back, as well as determining whether Captain Ross's "Boothia Felix" is a peninsula or an island ; but, looking on the chart at the position of Parry's " Melville Island" and Franklin's " Point Turnagain," there can be no doubt of a communication by sea, whether navigable or not, ex isting from Baffin's Bay to the westward of these points ; and therefore we consider that although the whole of the northern coast of the American continent has not yet been actually surveyed, yet that, by connecting the sur veys of Captains Franklin and Beechey, or, in other words, completing the survey of the coast from Behring's Strait to Mackenzie's River, the question of the long-sought north west passage is at length determined. As to any national or commercial advantages from this discovery, we see none ; and knowing, as we did previously, that the American Con tinent extened northward to the latitude of about 70 deg., it wa s obviously impossible to expect any different results in these respects ; but as an object of scientific research, the north-west passage has been considered of sufficient importance to have caused various national expeditions to be fitted out, and employed, by Russia as well as England, for accomplishing the object which has finally been effected under the auspices of the British Hudson's Bay Company ; so that, although Russia may, under the treaty with that power, claim the sovereignty of the coasts surveyed by Messrs. Deese and Simpson, yet the credit of the dis covery and the survey belongs to England. We beg to refer to the " Instructions" contained in another column, as an instance of the governing authorities of a trading Com pany manifesting great knowledge, clear foresight, and sound judgment in framing the orders issued to their officers, which are highly creditable to the Governor and Committee, as well as to the local Governor, Mr. Simpson, by whom the instructions were issued. As to the expense of the expedition, although it must have been considerable, yet, considering that the Company was established for the purpose, among others, of making discoveries in the terri tories granted to them, and in the adjoining countries of America, the credit due to them on that score is only that of performing the duty under which their charter was ori ginally granted, although in these days it is something for a prosperous and wealthy Corporation to remember or to pay much attention to the objects for which it was originally established, and that credit is certainly due to the Hud son's Bay Company.-21forning Chronicle. The proceedings in the Court of Queen's Bench on Wednesday, reported in our paper of yesterday, have an in terest which goes far beyond the question of injury between the plaintiff and defender-it. With that question we have, i n it s present stage, no right, as we have no wish, to inter fere. Our object in adverting to these proceedings is to make some remarks upon the light which was thrown, by the affidavit read in Court, upon the conduct of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. Our readers are aware that on more than one occasion that conduct has been made the subject of virulent commentary which we have felt it our duty to expose to the scorn which it merited. Whether the feeling which prompted us to defend her Royal Highness, or that which promptedothers to make that illustrious Lady the subject of virulent attack, were the more honourable feeling, we must leave the public to deter mine ; but we may fearlessly appeal to the affidavit no w filed in the Court of Queen's Bench, as a posi tive proof that our information was more correct than that of the Contemporaries with whom we differed. We believe it is the custom of Whig-Radicals and other half-informed persons in society, to speak of the persecution of the Du-; chess of Kent as a part of the tactics of the Conservative , party. This is a vulgar error gather e d f rom coarse N ews - p a pers. The Conservative party h ave , we b e li eve , no reason to look upon her Royal Highness as their friend, but they feel towards her that respect which is due to her exalted station, combined with no slight warmth of grati tude for the extreme pains which it is certain she bestowed upon so educating her daughter as to make her worthy, not only of the loyalty, but the love of the British Empire. That her Royal Highness has been attacked in Newspa pers which at present profess a great regard for the Con servative cause, we grant—but these Newspapers ought not be considered as speaking the sentiments of the Conservative party. When it was more gain ful to be revolutionary, they advocated the wildest ex cesses of revolutionary intemperance, and if we may judge from their occasional violence, which seems to have neither• princip!e for its foundation nor justice for its object, they would be revolutionary again if that should become the whining side. Should popular rage again become all-pre dominant in this country, as it was six years ago, they who have put trust in the Conservatism of these newspapers will find that they have trusted to a reed, which, breaking, will pierce the hand that has leaned upon it for support. We repeat that it is merely a vulgar error to suppose that the attacks upon one who, from her sex, her station, and her conduct, it is cruel and unmanly to attack, have pro ceeded f rom t h e C onservat i ve party. There is no legitimate ground fo r p o liti ca l h ost ili ty to h er Royal Highness, the mot h er o f the Queen. Intimately connected as her Royal Highness is with the Sovereign, she has no political character in this country. We acknow ledge a party hostility to her brother-in-law, the Duke of Sussex, because he is a Memberof the House of Peers, and in that capacity gives his aid to those whose conduct tends to undermine the institutions upon which we believe the stability of the Throne itself to depend. But the Duchess of Kent has no political position. She might indeed—had William the Fourth not survived until last May—have been the Regent of these kingdoms with all the powers of a temporary sovereignty, and that in virtue of a law proposed and carried by a Conservative Administration ; but in that position the principles of law, as well as the sentiments of loyalty and courtesy, which attribute no wrong to the sove reign authority, would then also have made party hostility inapplicable to .her. To return, to the affidavit in the Court of Queen's Bench. It appears from thence—divesting it of its legal technicalities—that the Duke of Kent died in 1820, leaving his affairs in a most embarrassed conditiOn. Her Royal Highness, his widow, had no fortune of her Own, and with her child, the present Queen of these realms, was wholly dependent upon her allowance from the Consoli dated Fund of 8,000/. a-year. But the very necessaries to her Royal Highness's condition in life, which had belonged to her deceased husband, were her's no longer. They becam e the property of the Duke's creditors, and she surrendered all, even to the furniture of the Royal apartments in Kensington Palace. She—the widow of a Prince of the Blood Royal—was left to begin the world as it were, in England, not only without a shilling of present property, but with the difficulticsof bank ruptcy crowding upon the gloom of the chamber of death. Against all this, under good advice, her Royal Highness ap pears to have successfully struggled. She borrowed money to buy in from the creditors of her late husband those things which were absolutely the necessaries of her station of life, and incurred a debt of 12,0001. From that time until her Royal Highness's daughter became Heiress Pre sumptive to the Crown, she appears to have led a life ra ther of decent than of splendid privacy. Her debts did not increase, but at the end of 1829 had diminished to 11,475/. 9s. 6d. After this time 10,000/. a-year was granted for the support and education of the Princess Victoria ; but the degree of public state which, on account of the position of the-Princess and her future prospects, it was deemed ne cessary to keep up, rendered the addition of 10,000/. a-year quite inadequate to the increased expense ; and at the ac cession of the Princess to the Throne, the debts of her: Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent had accumu lated to 63,1951.35. The moment that Parliament granted, to her Royal Highness an allowance of 30,0001. a-year, as mother of the Queen she alienated 18,000/. a-year of it for the purpose of paying off debts incurred in the bringing up an d education of the Queen, only reserving to herself the right of reducing this 18,000/. a-year to 10,000/., in the event of ceasing to reside with her Majesty. We ven ture to affirm that all this, instead of indicating anything like extravagance or a waste of money upon any favourite, will show to everybody conversant with the expenses of a considerable household in London that the pecuniary affairs of her Royal Highness must have been managed with sin gular skill and economy. I n d ee d , although her Royal Highnesss political partialities may not be with the Con servatives, yet it would seem that, so far as Conservative principles can be brought to bear in more limited concerns than those of politics, they have been acted upon by her Royal Highness. In the regularity and dis cipline of her household —i n the strict arrangement of duties—and the determination that they should be strictly attended to, the proceedings of her Royal High ness have been, we believe, quite upon the Conservative plan. And this it is, perhaps, which has provoked not a little of that enmitywhich it is said the present Prime Minister of her Majesty allows himself to cherish against her Majesty's mother. The Noble Lord seems to have a constitutional hatred of discipline ; deference to duty he appears to look upon as a very vulgar virtue, and unsuited to such gay philosophers as himself. It suits him better to make the palace of his Sovereign a house of entertainment for him self, and to have it ordered after a fashion more agreeable to him than that regularity which seems somehow or other to be associated with gravity and forethought. 'We have I no doubt the report is true that her Royal Highness the mother of the Queen is not honoured with the particular approbation of that gay and accomplished master of table'- talk the First Lord of the Treasury ; but we do not think I that the respect entertained for her Royal Highness by the steady and thoughtful people of England will on that ac count be much lessened.—Morning Post.. It gives us much pleasure to announce that the Rev. Dr. Chalmers is daily enpected in town, at the special re quest of " the Christian Influence Society," to deliver a course of lectures "on the establishment and extension of National Churches, as affording the only adequate ma chinery for the moral and religious instruction of the people." That there is a good deal of misconception and ignorance prevalent upon this important subject, even in quarters where better things might be looked for, is painfully evi thnt, we do not say from the senseless and interested jargon of your voluntary chapel-mongers, but, what is worse, from the looseness and incongruity of the views which are known to be extensively current upon the Church question, both among her Majesty's present Ministers, and also among many of their principal sup porters. Of this we had a curious specimen last year, in the extraordinary proposal of Lord, Fitzwilliam, who, though a great stickler for a Church Establishment after his own fashion, ventured to recommend that all sects should be invested with an equal and indiscriminate right to conduct their worship at separate hours i❑ the parish churches of the country. Of the crude and licentious notions maintained respectively by Lord Glenelg and Mr. Spring Rice on the subject of Church establishments, we have abundant proof, both in the endow ment of Popish Bishops by the Colonial Office, and also in the confused declamation against the principle of Church rates, whereby the Chancellor of the Exchequer introduced his measure for their abolition. The monstrous jumble of absurdities exhibited by Lord Melbourne in reply to Lord Aberdeen's speech on the claims of the Scotch Church, and which drew forth a dignified rebuke and refutation from the Bishop of London, plainly shows that the ignorance of the subordinate members of the Government is, if possible, surpassed by that of their chief. Now, considering that it is the special duty of these personages, as professors of practical statesmanship, to be thoroughly conversant with all the merits and relations of what may be justly deemed the most important question of home policy, it can scarcely be matter of surprise that among private indivi duals, having neither the same inducements nor obligations to study it, there should prevail extensively a very partial and superficial acquaintance with its real nature and bear ings. Whether we revert, therefore, to the necessity of correcting the popular fallacies of the anti-establishment party, or of arousing the more apathetic friends of the Church to a sense of their duty, or of fortifying her at tached members with the strongest arguments for her de fence, we cannot but think that " the Christian Influence Society" are conferring a signal benefit upon the public, as well by the topics and the time which they have se lected for the introduction of this discussion, as by the choice of the illustrious individual to whose genius they have intrusted it. Of course it will not be imagined that the forthcoming lectures have been determined on in the idle hope that they are likely to be attended or appreciated by her Majesty's Whig advisers. No such expectation is entertained ; for although it be true enough that Lord Shelburne, when in power, did not disdain to take the financial counsels of Dr. Price, there seems little reason to suppose that a modern Pre mier, whose name is identified with that Nobleman's rather in rhyme than in reason, can muster sufficient magnanimity to imitate such an example on a far more important sub ject, even though a greater than Dr. Price be ready at hand to instruct him. Neither let it be supposed that the lectures of Dr. Chalmers will involve, in the slightest de gree, a spirit of political partisanship, or any reflections on the policy of Government in regard to Church extension. The whole subject, as we are well assured, will be treated by him in a tone of enlarged Christian philanthropy, apart altogether from the petty jealousies of party strife. No man in Europe is able to set it in a clearer or more at tractive light. The lectures will be delivered gratis in the Hanover-square Rooms, commencing on Wednesday next. We earnestly urge them upon the attention of such Members of the Legislature as are neither indifferent to the beauties of moral demonstration, nor foreclosed against the processes of calm and candid inquiry. Tickets of admission may be had, we believe, on application at the rooms, the limited size of which renders it necessary to confine the attendance exclusively to gentlemen. Indeed, we consider the smallness of therooms a great disadvantage to the general usefulness of the lectures. The fbilowing is a syllabus of the topics to be treated of : " 1. Statement of the question respecting a National Es tablishment of Christianity, and exposure of misconceptions regarding it. "2. Vindication of a National Religious Establishment, in opposition to the reasonings and views of the economists. "3. Vindication of a National Religious Establishment, in opposition to the views of those who assert the sufficiency of the voluntary principle. " 4. On the circumstances which have determined Govern ment to select one denomination of Christianity for the Na tional Religion. " 5. On a Territorial Establishment, and the reasons of its efficiency. " 6. - Circumstances which justify a Government, that has assumed one from among the several denominations of evan gelical Protestantism, for the National Establishment, in abiding by the selection which it has made."—Times. A paragraph which originally appeared in a London weals' paper, has been copied into several of the daily prints, as well as into the country papers. It is headed, " Important to Farmers and Others," and states that, after the 6th of April, " gigs on steel springs are liable to pay duty, and that those on lancewood springs arc exempted." As the statement in this paragraph is wholly erroneous, and has occasioned many inquiries from different parts of the country, we are requested to give it a contradiction. No change in the law has taken place such as is alleged ; and neither the liability to duty, nor exemption from it, depends in any degree on the circumstance whether the gig be on metallic or lancewood springs. —Morn. Paper. Yesterday forenoon the remains of Mr. Wm. Mason, one of her Majesty's coachmen, who died on the 12th instant, in the 65th year of his age, WVIV removed from his residence in the Queen's Mews, Pimli.so, for interment in the burial ground of the old church, Kensington. Mr. Mason had lived in the service of the Royal family for near forty-eight years, and was much respected by all ifs illustrious members. The cavalcade consisted of a hearse drawn by four horses, and three mourning coaches. Among the mourners who followed him to his last resting place were Sir John Conroy, Mr. Edward Con roy, Mr. Chavasseaux, and other members of the Duchess of Kent's establishment. Most of her Royal Highness's trades men, residents of Kensington, were also present. PARISIAN HOSPITALS.—The budget of the hos pitals and asylums (hospices) of Paris for the year 1836 amounted to 18,000,000 f. (720,000/.) Of this the town gave, as its ordinary contribution, 5,300,000 f. (212,0001.) The tax upon theatres produced 660,000 f. (26,4000 The rest was furnished by freehold property, the interest of money and stock, and legacies. The average daily cost of a patient in the hospitals is If. 67c. (16cie); but it varies extremely in different ones. At. the Hotel Dieu the average is if. 62c. (151 d.); at St. Louis 2f. ( Ind.); at the Cochin Hospital. if. 90c. (18d.) ; at the Clinique, 2f. 75c. (2s. 2d.) In 1816 (1836 ?) 81,996 patients were admitted into the hospitals ; and 13,320 persons were maintained in asylums. The mean mortality of the hospitals is 1 in 11.—Gazette des Hospitaux. The recent alteration made in the law of wills, which came into operation at the end of last year, will be a great benefit to the public. It simplifies the law, and applies one principle of devising to all property. We cannot forget that Sir Edward Sugden had the impertinence, because he had not been consulted in drawing up the new Act, to pro pose, at the beginning of the Session, that the period of carry ing it into execution should be postponed, and the people de prived of its benefits, till he had had the opportunity of picking holes in it. His lengthy orations were despised and laughed at. The law took effect from the beginning of the year, and several stationers, Mr. Boone amongst the rest, have judi ciously published will and codicil papers, which will enable the people more readily to profit by the new Act. These papers are accompanied by concise directions for using them, so as to make it very easy for every man to make his own will, and leave no man who can write an excuse for not performing that duty, and saving expense to his family. FRANKLIN'S VISIT TO EDINBURGH.—WhiIe in Edinburgh he took occasion to visit one of the chief printing offices in the town. In walking through the esta blishment, he entered into conversation with some of the men, and was particularly pleased with the appearance and character of a lad named Matthewson, who, to the business of a printer, added that of a cutter and founder of types. Matthewson had originally been a shepherd boy ; but from his earliest years had shown a taste for reading, and a turn for carving letters an d fi gures. One day, while attending his master's sheep, he was accidentally observed by the Minister of the parish to be employing himself in cutting some words on a block of wood, with a c l as p k n if e . The Clergyman was so pleased with the ingenuity of the boy, that he interested himself in his fate, and sent him to Edinburgh to pursue the profession of a printer, to which his inclinations seemed to be bent. Shortly afterwards, he began to make himself useful by cutting dies for types of a particular description,' required by his employer, there being no regular type-founder at the time in Edinburgh. It was while thus engaged, that he attracted the attention o f Dr. Franklin, who, struck with his modesty and intelli gence, and hearing an excellent character of him from his master, offered to take him to Philadelphia, and assist him in the establishing of a foundry for the manufacture of ty p es . Young Matthewson was delighted with, and most grateful for, the disinterested ki n d ness o f Franklin's offer ; but, from some peculiar circumstances connected with his situation, he was unable to take advantage of it. Mr. Ma thewson afterwards established 4 type-foundry in Edinburgh, and died only a few years sines at an advanced age, univer sally esteemed as a tradesman and citizen. The fore going circumstances, relative to his early life arid interview with Franklin, were communicated by himself a number of years ago. Glasgow Chronicle. It is stated in the York Papers that a meeting of the inhabitants of Wetherby was held last week, to consider whether the present chapel of ease in that town should be re paired or a new siee , a:.d that, the latter eon , been assrst-d upon, •• subs, siption was " in space of half an hour neuriy 1,0004 yytle collected. Wetherby is by no means a large town. .W~ w SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING, ToußsDAr • Sweepstakes of 200 sovs. each, h. ft., for three-year-old colts, Bst. 71b., and fillies Bst. 31b. D. 31. 4 Subs. Lord Chesterfield's b. c. Don John Walked over. Sweepstakes of 100 soya. each, h. ft. ; for colts, Bst. 71b. ; and Bst. 41b. ; got by untried stallions. R.M. 5 Subs. Lord Jersey's c. by Cetus, out of sister to Cobweb Robinson 1 Lord Albemarle's c. Bullcalf, by Taurus, out of Destiny ...... 3 to 1 on Bullcalf, who lost by a length. The Perkeley-square Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h. ft. ; for three years ()LI colts, Bst. 71b. ; and fillies, Bst. 41b. R. 31. 9 Subs. Duke of Graf, on's ch. c. Chemist, by Zinganee J. Day 1 Lord Suffield's f. Calisto, by Camel, out of Ursula Lord Chesterfield's f. I'uitistry, by Priam, out of Arachne Duke of Beaufort's ch. f. Innendo, by The Colonel out of Scandal LordLichfield's c. Tableau,byEtnancwation,out of sister toPortrait a 7t04 on Callisto. Woi; by a length. The Claret Stakes.—A Sweepstakes of 200 toys. each, h. ft. ; for four years old colts, Bst. 71b. ; and fillies, Bst. D.I. 4 Subs. Mr. Greville's Mango J Day I 2 Lord Exeter's Hybiscus 5t02 on Mango. Won easy. Post Produce Stakes of 200 sovs. each, h. ft. D.M. F-ach sub scriber named two untried mares, covered by untrietJ /stain"' ; one to the post. ke of Duke of Portland's f. by Zinganee, out of Ruth, and D•u- Portland's c. by Taurus, out of Thebes, received forfeit. [Further particulars of Wednesday's Racca.] Stockton Stakes.—This was so great a " certainty" that: 4 and sto one were freely betted on Clara. Unluckily for the layers, however, it did not come off, for after a close and beau tifully contested race, the horse won by half a length. Ho has since been named St. Peray. Plate.—Redsbank made the running at a good pace, fol lowed by Vienna and Boddch Glas 'till near the cords, when Paganini shot by them and won by two lengths. The dis tance seems to suit Paganini better than the A. F., or the rn.• sults of this and the Craven Stakes cannot be accounted for. Column Stakes.-5 to 4 was laid very freely on the Duk e , of Portland's colt, and the event proved that his friends ha d calculated with greater nicety than Clara's. The lot f.'° t away in compact order, at a middling pace, Mecca leading dr° van with Quo Minus in attendance, till they got into the Ab. M. bottom, where the favourite showed in front : at the com mencement of the cords they were all abreast, but at this mo ment the Duke's colt parted company, and ran in a gallant winner by a length. Mecca defeated Bullcalf by about a length. Anne Boleyn had the credit of brineing up the rear. Bamboo, it will be seen, did not show against Dcedalus ; his noble owner prefers keeping him for the 2000 guineas, for which his chance is materially improved by the declaration that: Phcenix will not start. The weather was so bitterly cold, that none but those in terested in the races, ventured on the heath. Two or three hail storms, the inconvenience of which was aggravated by a strong wind, contributed not a little to the miseries of the day. As we stated in our account forwarded from the heath, Lord Jersey has declared that Phoenix will not start for the race to morrow, or the 2,000 guineas stakes. Of course the public found plenty of reasons for the announcement. " The horse coughs," said one; " his legs wont stand," said another; while a third accounted for it by his being " too good I" So far from the declaration prejudicing him in the betting, he was . mmediately backed for the Derby at 7 to 1 for six or seven hundred pounds, and 600 to 500 laid on him against Bamboo , who, we should imagine, must also be " too good" for be de clined meeting Daedalus. Young Rowton was in high favour , and before the ring broke up was backed at 10 to L. Gr e y Momus was also in the ascendant. Offers came from good quarters to make 12 to 1, and only 10 to 1 bid. Very feW horses in the betting: Closing prices :—. 2,000 GUINEA STAKES. 6 to 4 agst Grey hlomus—taken DERBY. 7 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Phcenix—offered 8 to 1 agst Lord Suffield's Bamboo—offered 10 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Young Rowton—taken 10 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinek's Grey Momus—take 72 to 1 18 to 1 agst Mr. E. Peel's The Early Bird—take 20 to 1 20 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinek's D'Egville—take 25 to 1 800 to 50 agst The Early Bird and lon—taken 1000 to 800 on Bamboo agst Young Rowton—taken 500 to 200 on Young Row ton agst Conservator—taken His Grace the Duke of Beaufort, one of the Stewards, a nd J. Bowes, Esq., 111. P., arrived to-day. There will not be any races on Saturday ; the Duke of Portland receives in two matches, and rays in the other. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Julien Thomas Parten, a clerk in the service of Messrs. Burra, and Walford, warehousemen, 17, um. charged with embezzling money he had received for his employers. The prisoner absconded about a Tv‘esk a g o ' and having paid his passage to the United States, s tarted off to Exeter and passed from thence to Bristol. His" father, com mitted hearing of his apprehension, was so excited that he m mitted suicide. 1 -VaWng -street, The prisoner declined making any defence, A nd wag e ls/11- mitted for trial. BOW-STREET. George Watling, a twopenny-post letter-carrier , " C charged with stealing several post letters from the Kensingtia post office, where he was employed on Wednesday afternoon to sort the unpaid letters for the London mail. The prisoner made no defence, and the case was remanded until Thursday. HATTON-GARDEN. Yesterday, TVilliain Osborne and Frederick Selby, lads, were placed at the bar, charged with having stolen a silver ewer and several silver tea spoons, the property of Augustus Henrot, Esq., of Queen-square, Bloomsbury. Mary Dalton, servant to the prosecutor, yesterday mor.n . ing . had occasion to lerve the kitchen for a short time, and on mer return she missed the ewer and spoons, and onlooking throatjh the window she saw the prisoner Osborne, going up the areas steps. She immediately pursued him with the c:y of 4. Stop' thief, ,, when he joined the other prisoner, and they were over taken with the property in their possession. The prisoners were remanded. QUEEN- S QUARE. Eliza Hilton, a girl whose age could not possibly have cx .. - ceeded 20 years, was charged with violent and outrageous et," duct in Tothill-fields prison. It appeared from the evidence of the gaolers and matron: that the prisoner had been sent to th e p r i son i n February! for being disorderly in the streets. Du r i ng h er t erm o f imprison ment she exercised her pugilistic p owers on a ll her fellow -. prisoners, kicked the tur n k e y s , b ea t th e vrar d swoman , Spat at the Governor, did divers d amage , and abused the matron, I ° r which, on the term of imp r i sonmen t h av i ng ex pi re d, she w" brought to this office, and was , i n or d er t o k ee p u p the prisons discipline, sent back to her old quarters for another month.; Her conduct after this, if possible, was worse than before, and , on the 22d and 24th of March, she had regular " field days she blacked one turnkey's eye, kicked and otherwise assaulted another, and repeated her former misbehaviour to the governor and matron, doing damage to everything that came in her waY• Her time having expired, she was again brought up for these offences. Mr. GREGORIE was of opinion that she was determined to spend the remainder of her days in prison, and asked the de fendant what she had to say ? The girl cried, but made no reply. Mr. GREGORIE said that she must suffer two mouths' im— prisonment for each offence, but on her expressing the utmost contrition, and promising to conform to the discipline of the prison, he reduced it to one month's imprisonment. " Topsail Sheet Blocks ; or, The Naval Foundling?' The Old Sailor" has here given to the public another very capital " yarn." It is a regular sailor-like story, breat !l ing a sea-like freshness, and ever-and-anon dashing forward over time and space with hearty vigour. The hero of tine tale is introduced at a very early stage, being, in fact, pr e sented while a baby, turned adrift in a boat by his unnatural parent, but picked up in Plymouth Sound by a jolly veteran, named Will Blocks, under whose superintendence he advances to high honour in his profession, and not only obtains a title, but discovers to whom he belongs. The descriptions of s ea fights are admirable ; nor are the incidents on shore of a 'less exciting- and interesting character. " The Old Sailor" seems so much at home in the sheets, that we hope soon to halo another specimen of his naval architecture, either out vrard bound or bound another way.—Courier. [The Novelist who has, under the name of " The Old Sailor," acquired such a high reputation by his stories of the sea (his Tough Yarns," his Nights at Sea," &c.), ought now, like " Boa,' to be known to the public under his real name, M. H. Baylor: since some of our contemporaries erroneously give his pro ductions to other writers.] SIGNET RINGS.—A great Variety of these Usefu and Fashionable RINGS, are kept for Selection, with Cornelian , Ainethyst, Topaz, and other Real Stones, suitable for engraving. Armorial bearings may be referred to, or found, Brat is, and can be engraved by an Artist of great talent, at T. COX SAVORY'S , Goldsmith, Silversmith, and Watchmaker, 47, Cornhill, London (Seven Doors from Gracechurch-street). BIRTHS. On Wednesday, the 18th inst., at Southampton, the wife of Joseph Lobb, Esq., of a daughter. At :North-bank, Regent's-park, on the 18th inst., the lady of Deputy Commissary-General Cumming, of a daughter. On the 16th :inst., at the Vicarage, Barton Stacey, Hants, the wife of the Rev. D. Jackson, of a son. , ~..,... On the 17th inst., in Hans-place, the wife of David Inglis, Esq.' of a son. Oa_ the 18th inst., at Gloucester-place, Portman-square, the lady of C. Gonne, Esq., of a daughter. On the 18th inst., in Park-road, Regent's-park, Mn.o E. Leveson, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the rth inst., at Camberwell, Mr. Janie; Legg, jttn, of Brighton, to Maria, second daughter of the late R. Chandler, Faq., of the same place. On the 12th inst., at the Friends' Meeting-house, Hitchin, Ed ward Beck, of Islevrorth, to Susannah, youngest (laughter of Wm• Lucas, of Hitchin. DIED. On the 14th i ns t., a t Shi r l e y L o d ge , near Southampton, James , second son of Dr. C. W. Wheeler, aged 11. On the 16th inst., Isabella Maria, daughter of Lieut.-Colon e A. S. King, aged 14. On the 14th inst., at Blackheath, Edward Ferguson, infant co of C. De Bergue, Esq. On the SI h in 4., A nnabella Mary, wife of Captain R. Collins. ..„. :•. . .%1 UIIDO YOU:'; G, of . I ' l °' 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the count! of Middlesex.—Friday, April 20, 1838.